ASTRID.I don’t know the first reaction I am supposed to get, but anger is one of them. I am right there, watching as she moves her arm along his. My mate, she has no right.I clench my fists together, suddenly feeling like an idiot. I never liked the Blue moon day, I just always read books till midnight with my mother, and today, I was planning to do that with Juniper and Gus, turns out we have become really close these past few days.But then, Mrs. Perry orders me around to come here, and now. Here I am, staring at them from the window, my mind mirroring around different thoughts. His eyes moved around and when they met mine from the outline of the window.Electricity cackles through my spine, dark and strong, I would have looked away, but I keep my eyes focused, anger still brewing through me. A fucking Alpha does not look away.From the outline of the window, Cleo releases herself from him, what’s she truly doing? She brushes past him and steps into the room, her familiar scent hi
ZEKE.I wake up yearning for more. Last night’s memories again replay in my mind. Fuck.Her lips, her taste, her smell, it’s haunting my mind. I want every single bit of her. I stare at her sleeping figure, her fluttered eyebrows, and her lips. Goodness. Those gorgeous lips.For the first time, I don’t have those vivid dreams, nothing came, everything just felt so normal.I want to crouch beside her and inhale her scent all day long, I want to stay beside her every fucking time. She’s doing something to me.“You deserve it all.” I mutter, before finally wanting lying beside her when I heard a knock, irritation shoots through me.“Who is it?” I bark, but there’s silence at the other end, I hear fisted knuckles. “Happy morning to you too, brother. Get your ass to the meeting room, you are not only going to happy if you see this.” Logan’s voice shoots through me, and I stand up.I want to stay beside her, but I can’t do that now. I throw away the sheets away from my body, before standin
ASTRID.I have never woken up so well before, the sheet smells exactly like him, the room reminds me of him again and his words last night, and just by replaying all of that makes me blush heavily.There are fresh new sets of clothes hanging beside the bed. Did he really do all of this for me? I smile, after my morning routine, and packing my hair into a bun. I creep out of the room, the disappointment of his absence pangs me so much, even though I know that I am not supposed to be affected.But, why does it hurt?He could be anywhere. I sighed, but then I remembered. What am I doing? This was never the plan, never ever the plan.My true plan was to take back my pack, but he’s diverting me away from my plan. An Omega walks over to me, and I wonder if Mrs. Perry is already searching the whole-pack house for me.“Madam Yv has called you to her dining room.” The Omega says, before turning to lead me to the room that Madam Yv is staying in, when I step in. I see Juniper and Diva already s
ASTRID.He saddled the horse and soon we were galloping on the horses.Did he really just suggest riding? I grabbed the white horse’s reins tightly, feeling the wind rush to my face as we galloped faster into the forest.The black horse is faster- Goliath, running wild, Zeke seems to be in control, his hands fastening around the reins. I stare at him, since he’s in front, and I can’t help thinking. How can someone be so perfect?“Clear your mind.” He yells, tapping the reins faster.Maximus, the white horse runs faster now, he’s right, my mind is clearing, just by thinking of the way Mrs. Perry talked to me, or how everyone treats me like trash makes me gallop into the forest.Soon, we stop, and I descend from the horse, there’s a layer of sweat forming on my forehead, and I wipe it away, my chest heaved from the run, just exactly what I needed.Zeke appears from behind, he stares around the huge trees and I do the same. “I come here often.” He says, but I don’t even know he’s talking
LOGAN.It’s hard to be in the dark and still watch over someone, just stare and wonder if they are doing alright, because if you don’t. You feel sick to your stomach. Are they hurt? You will think. Do they need me now? You will wonder, but then you will know that they are doing fine without you, they don’t even need you, so why am I caring about her? Even though I try to push it away, Astrid still comes back to my memory.What I am doing is so wrong, worrying about my twin's brother mate. But I can't help it, damn….I sighed, propping the can open.Beer was always a way to escape my darkness. My head relaxed on the recliner in my room, I kept my gaze on the wall, staring at the dark green paint plastered on the wall, and maybe soon enough, I will go to bed, even though it’s still early in the afternoon. All the things happening are starting to make me a little bit sick. Gus and my brother are already handling it, but I have to do something.I don’t even want to be the lonely one, Mam
GUS.I am in my office, staring at the latest letter my mother sent me, it’s attached with photos of her vacation, I wouldn’t actually call it a vacation, because she likes to travel around, when my father died in the war, for a while, she fell into a pothole of depression, but then she decided she just wanted to travel around, and I supported her, because that's what make her happy.Her face is all smiles angled from the shining sun in Mexico, she wore her signature sunglasses, in the letter, she wrote ‘love you, son.’ I love you too, mama. I wonder when she will come back to this pack; it’s been three years since I last saw her. Though, she mind-links with me.I push the papers aside, making a mental note to write back to her as soon as possible. I shifted in my seat, papers sprawled around the table. I have been working, taking down notes, but still. Something doesn't feel right.I sighed, I could use some water, but I have to keep working. The door creaks open, and I tap my pen im
ZEKE.Logan and I are crossing the borders today, as part of our responsibilities as upcoming Alpha, we have to make sure the joy of the pack is met, we are going to be asking the bank some questions regarding the ongoing theft.We grabbed some cans of coke on our way as we stepped into the bank’s restaurant. Logan and I took a seat waiting for the manager.“Right now, I would rather not be here.” Logan says, and stares around; I guess being in a house that stores money can make you a bit nervous.“How are the investigations? Have you found anything yet? Any crest that signifies which pack the letters are coming from?” I ask, staring around.Logan nods indifferently, spreading his arms on the table, he squeezes his face into a frown, another negative response. “Nothing so far, just today, Gus got another letter saying another war was going to start, honestly, I don’t know what’s going on.”My eyes trail him waiting for him to say more.“Zeke. I feel like we should train our soldiers,
ASTRID.The room feels chilly all of a sudden. My eyes search around, my room looks tighter now, something panging at the base of my heart. Sweat trickled down my forehead as I opened the top of the box.I dump the contents on the table, there are a few notes, and some pictures, stickers, books and sorts, and I open the bulky book, my eyes swiping through the content. It’s a spell book, the words written in another language I can’t even read.What’s this? The letters have no words, the paper blank. What’s going on? Where’s the necklace? Why did Madam Yv give me this box when I can’t even make out what’s in the pages? The door suddenly snaps shut and I immediately peel my eyes to the entrance.The air feels colder, I swore I heard retreating footsteps; someone was just in my room, watching me. Something feels so wrong, who’s the person?Breathing becomes so hard, my body trembling. I hear the door creak open gently, oh no.“Astrid?” I hear a voice cold yet soft at the edges, my brain c